Flowchart In Programming

Flowchart is a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm. Flowchart are

very helpful in writing program and explaining program to others.

Symbols Used In Flowchart

Diff erent symbols are used for diff erent states in fl owchart, For example:
Input/Output and decision making has diff erent symbols. The table below
describes all the symbols that are used in making fl owchart

Symbol

Purpose

Description

Flow line

Used to indicate the

flow of logic by
connecting symbols.

Terminal(Stop/Sta
rt)

Used to represent start

and end of flowchart.

Input/Output

Used for input

and output operation.

Processing

Used for airthmetic

operations and datamanipulations.

Desicion

Used to represent the

operation in which there
are two alternatives,
true and false.

On-page
Connector

Used to join different

flowline

Off-page
Connector

Used to connect
flowchart portion on
different page.

Predefined
Process/Function

Used to represent a
group of statements
performing one
processing task.

Examples of flowcharts in programming

Draw a fl owchart to add two numbers entered by user.

Draw fl owchart to fi nd the largest among three diff erent numbers

entered by user.

Draw a fl owchart to fi nd all the roots of a quadratic equation

ax 2 +bx+c=0

Draw a fl owchart to fi nd the Fibonacci series till term1000.

Though, fl owchart are useful in effi cient coding, debugging and analysis of a
program, drawing fl owchart in very complicated in case of complex
programs and often ignored.